Jun 8, 2013

Strawberry Fields in the Philippines? Head to Benguet

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Strawberry fruit in Strawberry Farm, La Trinidad, Benguet

If there’s one thing that makes Baguio distinct from other places in the
Philippines, it’s strawberry. But did you know that strawberries are not
actually grown in the City of Pines? Strawberry fields are located in the
nearby province of Benguet. Not only strawberries are grown here, all the other
highland veggies are also harvested in the province like lettuce, cabbage, and
carrots.

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Strawberry fields, Benguet, Philippines

Our trip to Tam-awan Village lead us sooner to the only strawberry fields
in the Philippines—La Trinidad, Benguet. The strawberry fields can be reached
by jeepney (ride jeepney bound to “La Trinidad” or “Buyagan”, then drop off to
“strawberry farm”, just tell the driver, fare is KM 6 or ~P11, or look at the
fare matrix posted inside the jeppney). There is a signage that says strawberry
farm going to the left (strawberry fields is a few more minutes from the market
of La Trinidad) then you have to walk a few more meters before you reach it.

The strawberries were our first destination in the strawberry fields
(what!?). It’s the toilet room that we first visited because of our “call of
nature”. Wohoo. Haha. But then, after it, we decided to check out those little
strawberries in the strawberry farm. We didn’t intend to buy some or do the
usual strawberry picking (~P300-P350 per kilo for strawberry picking activity)
because our main purpose is to have photos in it, or as if we did strawberry
picking. Picking strawberries is a fun family activity, but you have to know
that a kilo of picked strawberries cost more than double of the usual
strawberries priced in the market. This is to cover the strawberries you ate
while you pick, and those strawberries you accidentally squeezed while you
pick. Anyway, it’s the experience that counts.

Signs going to Strawberry Farm

Road sign to the strawberry fields

This valley part in Benguet is the basin of strawberries in the Cordillera. La Trinidad Valley has more than strawberries because when we
visited it we also saw some everlasting flowers and lettuce. And what not, you
have to try the authentic local dirty ice cream flavored strawberry, because
this particular ice cream is yummy. It’s really strawberry, and bits of the
real fruits were mixed in it. I find the ice cream here mas masarap, than the
usual sold ice cream in the other parts of the country when it comes to
strawberry flavor. Besides what’s better than getting a strawberry flavored ice
cream in a place where real strawberry fruits were cultivated?

Strawberry plant

Titus of FieldTripBoy.com for "strawberry picking"

Local strawberry ice cream! Tastes like real strawberry!

I researched about strawberries and found out that strawberries were part
of the rose family. And would you believe that some strawberries were grown in
the lowlands? It sounds unbelievable because we know that strawberries only
grow in cooler climates. I’m not sure though, but I guess those lowland
strawberries were produced in the province of Camarines Sur.

Everlasting

Lettuce

I enjoyed going again to the strawberry fields in La Trinidad, Benguet. It
only shows that agri-tourism also thrives. How I wonder about mango farms in
the Philippines? Oh there’s a lot but I still don’t have a list of farms which
actually offers things like “mango picking” activity.

If you are into picking strawberries for the
first time (they’re not trees!), go and head to Benguet—Philippines’ strawberry
fields are found there.

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Dear Traveler,Good day, magandang araw, bon jour. I know you want to travel to the Philippines. Do you prefer cool winds in Baguio or beaches in Western Pangasinan? Or somewhere in Luzon like Subic-Clark-Tarlac? Or right away in Manila? Cebu in Central Philippines is also a good choice.